Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 20:56:36 -0400 From: [log in to unmask] (David C Lawrence) To: "Stevan Harnad" <[log in to unmask]> Cc: "Publishing E-Journals : Publishing, Archiving, and Access" <[log in to unmask]> > > Chuck Bacon [[log in to unmask]] wrote: > > > > >>"Usenet is an anarchic system for remote access to all kinds of rapidly > > >>changing data. It was not designed for archival use. There is almost > > >>nothing in even the deepest and oldest archives on Uunet, for instance, > > >>which is more than ten years old. > > >> > > >>"Involvement by the management of some of the archiving companies, like > > >>Uunet, would do the library community some good (would somebody go but > > >>Rick Adams). Electronic archiving should beocme an important industry; > > >>it is not, at present . The safest and best archives still seem to be > > >>on paper and film." The archivists at UUNET are definitely interested in building a better archive. Coincidentally, today I suggested that we should attend some sort of library seminars to learn more about good categorisation. At some point I am sure I (on behalf of the company or not) will be attending such a thing to the end of making our archives better. It is worth pointing out that this isn't as simple a matter as attempting to implement an existing library categorisation scheme like the Dewey Decimal System. There is a distinct bias in the sort of archive service which UUNET provides, and such a system does not adequately help the management and use of that service. David Lawrence uunet archives